Leite’s Culinaria Caption Contest Rules

Only one entry—count ’em, just one—per person and e-mail address. Entrants must be age 18—not a day younger—and may be residents of any country.

Captions must be written in English. Caption entries may be submitted until 11:59 P.M. ET on the deadline date specified on the contest post. Persons affiliated in any fashion with Leite’s Culinaria are excluded from entering. Entrants acknowledge that any caption submitted is original work, has not been copied from others, and does not violate the rights of any other person or entity. Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, garbled, incoherent, or incompletely received for any reason, including hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at the Web site or elsewhere, are not the responsibility of Leite’s Culinaria and will not be eligible. Leite’s Culinaria reserves the right to disqualify any person in violation of any of the rules. Leite’s Culinaria reserves the right to disqualify and delete any caption from the contest due to perceived inappropriateness.

All caption-contest entries become the property of Leite’s Culinaria and will not be acknowledged or returned. The copyright shall remain the property of the entrant, but entry in this contest constitutes the entrant’s irrevocable and perpetual permission and consent to Leite’s Culinaria and others authorized by Leite’s Culinaria, without further compensation or attribution, to use, reproduce, print, publish, transmit, communicate to the public, distribute, sell, perform, adapt, enhance, or display the caption and the entrant’s name for editorial, advertising, commercial, and publicity purposes, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created, throughout the world. Leite’s Culinaria and/or others authorized by Leite’s Culinaria shall have the right to edit, adapt, and modify the entries. The three caption finalists will be selected by the editorial staff of Leite’s Culinaria at the editors’ discretion. The winner will be announced approximately two weeks after the contest begins, and identified by first and last name. The winner will be notified of this distinction by e-mail. If the winner does not respond within 14 calendar days of attempted notification, the prize is voided. The approximate retail value of the prize $100 US. Income and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner. The prize is not transferable. No substitutions can be made for the prize except by Leite’s Culinaria, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted. Prizes are subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Leite’s Culinaria further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any contest not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, acts of nature, or technical failures of any sort.